Course: Democracy and secularization

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Course title Democracy and secularization
Course code KFHS/B159
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šimsa Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) What does democracy mean? Brief history of the concept 2) What does secularization mean? Brief history of the concept 3) Secularization - Max Weber 4) Secularization - Böckenförde 5) Secularization, Christianity and democracy - Masaryk 6) Value-neutral democracy - Schumpeter, Popper 7) Secularization and Christianity - Bonhoeffer 8) Secularization and human rights - Komárková 9) Desecularization - West and World, America and Europe (Berger, Davie, Casanova) 10) Rawls and secular democracy 11) Secular, liberal democracy and pragmatism (Talisse) 12) Post-secular democracy (Habermas) 13) Summary of the subject and definition of the relationship between democracy, secular state and secularization

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Introduction to the issue of the relationship between democracy and secularization, especially the issues and problems of the secular democratic state and philosophical values and conditions.
Orientation in basic texts to democracy and secularisation. Knowledge of ways of their study. Ability to name their advantages and disadvantages.
Prerequisites
Passing of the subject Political Philosophy

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Paper on the topic Colloquium At least 70% active participation in the seminar
Recommended literature
  • Böckenförde. Vznik státu jako proces sekularizace. Brno, 2005.
  • Habermas. Víra a věděni in Budoucnost lidské přirozenosti. Praha, 2003.
  • Hanyš, Arnason. Mezi náboženstvím a politikou. Praha, 2016.
  • Komárková. Sekularizovaný svět a evangelium. Brno, 1992.
  • Šimsa. Náboženství a filosofie v sekulární demokracii. Ústí nad Labem, 2016.
  • Weber, M. Věda jako povolání in Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Praha, 2009.


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